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POLITICIANS and officials who hushed up child rape gangs for years must face their “day of reckoning”, the Tories have said.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp accused Labour figures of burying the grooming scandal as he ramped up demands for a national inquiry.

He vowed to keep pushing for a new public probe after last night’s Commons bid was defeated by Sir Keir Starmer. 

Asked if this would just be a “show trial”, Mr Philp told Never Mind The Ballots: “I want to know who covered this up.

“I want to know who failed these victims by being negligent, by disbelieving their accounts. I want to see a day of reckoning for those people who did not do their job properly.”

Labour MPs yesterday threw out a Conservative amendment calling for a public inquiry, accusing them of a political stunt as it would have torpedoed a piece of flagship legislation.

But Mr Philp said the vote was “just the latest installment” of the party ignoring the grooming gangs scandal.

He pointed to former Labour MP Simon Danczuk claiming he was told not to speak out about the issue, and the party’s Sarah Champion “dumped from the front bench because she raised this issue”. 

He said: “So we can see this being swept under the carpet, often by the Labour Party, and

last night’s vote in parliament was just the latest installment in that sweeping under the carpet approach.” 

Kemi Badenoch has parroted Elon Musk’s attack that Sir Keir denying a full public inquiry looks like a “cover up”.

Mr Philp said today that while he did not agree on the X billionaire’s tirade against Minister Jess Phillips, he had put the grooming issue under the spotlight.

He said: “I think he certainly raised the salience of the issue and probably got it a wider hearing than it would have got otherwise. 

“If we’re completely honest, that’s probably the effect he’s had.”

Some 364 MPs voted to throw out Ms Badenoch’s amendment, dwarfing the 111 in favour – a majority of 253.

The PM insisted it was time for “action” instead of the “delay of a further inquiry” and pledged a series of measures to protect kids.

His flagship Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill would have also collapsed had Ms Badenoch’s amendment been allowed to stand.

Nigel Farage supported the Tory bid but accused Ms Badenoch’s outrage as “insincere” given she did not act as a minister.

The PM has dismissed growing demands for a new inquiry, insisting a previous investigation has already uncovered the horrors that shook a series of northern towns.

BIG Brother host AJ Odudu looked incredible as she stripped down to bikini whilst holidaying in South Africa ahead of the Celeb version of the show.

The 36-year-old is starting the New Year off with bang as she soaks up some winter sun in Cape Town.

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The Big Brother host showed off her toned body and natural curves[/caption]

The TV personality took to Instagram to post a carousel of pictures which shows AJ sunbathing on the beach.

AJ stunned in an orange two piece bikini set which she styled with some classic gold jewellery, a pair of chic sunglasses and a branded cap.

The Big Brother host showed off her toned body and natural curves, captioning the post: “Beach Babe.”

Fans were quick to take to the comments to compliment the presenter, with one user commenting: “You look amazing AJ. So natural so beautiful and just such a lovely lady (heart eyes emoji).”

“A well earned sun drenched rest. Not that I’m jealous,” added another.

“You’re Gorgeous,” penned a third.

“Gorgeous beauty as always,” chimed a fourth.

AJ co-hosts the show alongside fellow presenter Will Best and with the new series of Celebrity Big Brother set to kick off in the Spring, ITV are in talks with their biggest line up yet.

Last year’s series of CBB launched in March and included a stellar celeb line-up including Love Island’s Ekin-Su, as well as Louis Walsh and Sharon Osbourne.

ITV bosses are on the lookout for the next lot famous faces to entertain viewers – and Drag Race’s Danny Beard is one of them.

A source previously told The Sun: “It’s early days but Danny Beard is chatting to ITV about going into the Big Brother house.

“They’re a fan of the show and did a whole week on Late And Live and went down a storm with viewers.”

Another celeb in talks for this year’s show is veteran funnyman Paul Chuckle.

The Kids TV legend is best known being one half of the double act The Chuckle Brothers alongside his late brother Barry.

Paul was lined up for the previous series before being bumped for Louis Walsh, but is now a contender for this years lineup.

A source explained: “After Louis and Kate Middleton’s ‘Uncle Gary’ Goldsmith were booked, the cast was skewed a little in terms of age. So Paul was dropped.

“It’s early days as the Big Brother team is still busy with October’s ‘civilian series’ but Paul’s name is in the mix for the celeb version in March.”

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The new series of Celebrity Big Brother is set to kick off soon and ITV are in talks with their biggest line up yet[/caption]

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Drag Race’s Danny Beard is one of the celebs in talks with ITV for this years lineup[/caption]

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THE world’s most wanted ISIS woman terrorist is alive and living freely in Syria, a decade after aiding her husband in the heinous Paris supermarket massacre.

Hayat Boumeddienne, 36, and her lover Amedy Coulibaly, then 32, were also part of the Charlie Hebdo cell which murdered 12 people in January 2015.

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Hayat Boumeddiene (L) and Amedy Coulibaly (R), were initially wanted in connection with the shooting of the French policewoman[/caption]

The terrorists said they were on a revenge mission after the satirical weekly published cartoons mocking the Prophet Mohammed.

French security services have released news on the widow’s current life on the anniversary of the 2015 Paris attack.

It was on Friday, 9 January that year that Boumeddienne’s husband, Amedy Coulibaly, then 32, lay siege to kosher supermarket Hyper Cacher in the east of the French capital.

He held fifteen people hostage and murdered Philippe Braham, 45, Yohan Cohen, 22, Yoav Hattab, 21, and François-Michel Saada, 64 in the heinous attack.

Coulibaly was demanding the Charlie Hebdo shooters – brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi – to not be harmed as a nationwide hunt was taking place to track them down.

Earlier, Coulibaly had also killed Clarissa Jean-Philippe, a 27-year-old policewoman.

In 2020, Boumeddiene was given a 30-year-sentence for helping Coulibaly with the inhumane slaughter.

She was convicted in absentia, or in absence, at a special court in Paris of a variety of charges, including “membership of a terrorist enterprise” and “financing terrorism“.

Coulibaly was killed at the scene of the siege – but Boumeddiene escaped.

She was thought to have later died in ISIS’s pseudo caliphate.

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A woman at the front of an Islamic State propaganda video who may be Hayat Boumeddiene[/caption]

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Hayat Boumeddiene (R) presenting her passport at Sabiha Gokcen airport in Istanbul in 2014[/caption]

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Forensic police work outside the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store near Porte de Vincennes in 2015 where Coulibaly shot four hostages dead[/caption]

But on Thursday, anti-terrorist officials in Paris confirmed reminded the world that Boumeddiene remains “The Most Wanted woman in France“.

And a spokesman for the Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office revealed that “she is still alive and in Syria” according to their information.

Boumeddiene’s survival is seen as remarkable, given that most jihadi brides involved in active operations have been killed or captured.

Witnesses have told French intelligence officers how Boumeddiene uses disguises and false names to evade justice.

ISIS are said to even provide the terrorist “with an apartment with all the necessary household appliances,” one source told Le Parisien.

He explained: “It was a specific apartment, divided into two, a man’s side and a woman’s side.

“She had her own room. She didn’t need to be protected.”

Boumeddiene even appeared in an online ISIS propaganda magazine boasting of “joining the Caliphate without difficulty,” eerily adding, “May France be cursed by Allah”.

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Brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi flee the offices of French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris in 2015[/caption]

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Said Kouachi, aged 34, (L) and Cherif Kouachi, aged 32[/caption]

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An injured person is transported to an ambulance after a shooting, at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo’s office, in Paris[/caption]

She also praised her late husband, who was shot dead by in the Hyper Cacher store in eastern Paris.

Coulibaly had knelt for evening prayers when elite commandos stormed the supermarket, killing the terrorist and freeing the 15 hostages.

After observing a “widowhood period” of around four months, Boumeddiene was remarried to another ISIS fighter – a Tunisian man called Abou Talha.

But as the pseudo-Caliphate collapsed, and ISIS forces fell apart, Boumeddiene went on the run.

A warrant remains out for Boumeddienne’s arrest, after French intelligence placed her in the town of Al-Hawl, Syria, in the summer of 2019.

A camp there was made up of thousands of women and children, including many dislodged from the ISIS caliphate.

Boumeddienne is also said to have helped the Kouachi brothers who carried out the murders around the offices of Charlie Hebdo.

The female terrorist’s DNA was found on guns being stored by Coulibaly, while prosecutors say she also made more than 500 phone calls to the home of Cherif Kouachi in the run-up to the attacks.

Both ISIS and Al-Qaeda claimed responsibility for the 2015 attacks, which were the beginning of a wave of terrorism across France.

Boumeddiene is a French national who was born into an Algerian immigrant family in the Paris suburb of Villiers-sur-Marne.

Her mother died when she was eight, and her father was absent, meaning she was mainly brought up in foster care, along with her six brothers and sisters.

She married Coulibaly in 2009, and lived with him in Bagneux, south of Paris.

French Intelligence photos show Boumeddiene practising crossbow shooting in the French countryside.

Other images show Boumeddiene in a bikini, cuddling Coulibaly on a beach holiday.

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People holding cardboards reading ‘Je suis Charlie’ (I am Charlie) take part in a Unity rally ‘Marche Republicaine’ in 2015[/caption]

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A woman wearing a French national flag holds a ‘We are Charlie’ sign during a march[/caption]

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN let his frustration boil over before quitting the Snooker Championship League.

The seven-time world champion, 49, slipped to a fourth defeat in five matches with a loss to Robert Milkins on Thursday morning.

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Ronnie O’Sullivan has withdrawn from the Snooker Championship League[/caption]

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The seven-time world champion was visibly frustrated during his match with Robert Milkins[/caption]

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O’Sullivan showed glimpses of his brilliant best in the 3-2 reverse at Leicester’s Mattioli Arena.

But he also let his frustration get the better of him after missing some crucial pots – and later withdrew from the tournament.

During the opening frame of the contest, The Rocket looked to be cruising towards an early advantage.

Leading 51-0, he missed a routine blue into the right middle pocket, allowing Mikins to return and steal the frame.

O’Sullivan reacted to the miss by performing a bizarre “interpretative dance”, spraying his legs and sticking his tongue out.

He later showed more visible frustration as the match progressed, twice whacking the table with his cue.

In the fourth frame, The Rocket missed a routine pink and gave the side of the table a sharp rap.

O’Sullivan promptly apologised to both the referee and Milkins.

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But later, when trailing 28-9 in the deciding frame, the 49-year-old lost his rag again after accidentally potting the cue ball.

O’Sullivan rapped the table again with his cue on the way back to his seat, before helplessly watching Milkins secure a 3-2 win.

O’Sullivan’s surprise withdrawal came after his record in this year’s tournament dropped to 1-4.

He sat fifth in the Group 3 table and had been due to play Ali Carter this afternoon.

But following his shock withdrawal, all of The Rocket’s results in the competition will now be wiped.

As such, Milkins – who had picked up his first point with victory – returns to the bottom of Group 3 on zero points.

O’Sullivan suffered numerous early tournament exits during the latter half of 2024 as his form deserted him.

The Championship League was seen as the perfect way to warm up before competing for The Masters later this month.

During the Matchroom live stream, the commentator said: “It’s all happening here in Leicester.

“He certainly imploded during that opening game, Ronnie.

“He was absolutely furious with nothing but himself, just the way he was playing, things weren’t going right.

“Robert Milkins getting the win in the end. Ronnie O’Sullivan, having a lash-up at times, just smashing the ball.

“He clearly didn’t want to be here and he’s taken the decision to withdraw.”

The Rocket was so furious that he allegedly binned his cue in the players’ lounge.

It was later retrieved by his manager, Robbie.

THE Premier League player facing rape allegations is expected to continue being selected by his club despite prosecutors now mulling bringing formal charges.

Metropolitan Police investigators have now passed a formal file into the claims to the Crown Prosecution Service to decide on next steps.

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The Premier League footballer facing rape allegations continues to be selected by his club[/caption]

A total of five women have accused the unnamed top-flight player of rape, sexual assault or controlling behaviour.

Despite the allegations first emerging in July 2022 when the player was initially arrested, he has remained available for selection and featured for his club on a regular basis.

It is understood that the club is standing by its position that the player involved remains innocent until proven otherwise and therefore should not be punished by his employer.

That situation could change, however, if a formal charge is laid by the CPS – but the evolving situation lays bare the quandary clubs face when serious allegations are made against their players.

Manchester United suspended striker Mason Greenwood without pay in January 2022 after he was arrested on suspicion of attempted rape and assault.

Greenwood was formally charged nine months later before the case collapsed in February 2023 – at which point United began an in-house investigation.

Despite determining, after a lengthy probe, that Greenwood had not committed the offences alleged, the United board, led by then-chief executive Richard Arnold, decided the England striker would never play for the club again.

Greenwood was initially sent to Getafe on loan for last season before joining French giants Marseille in a deal worth up to £26million in July.

United’s approach to such a delicate issue was put in context by the outcome of the stance taken by Manchester City after left-back Benjamin Mendy was arrested and remanded in custody charged with four counts of rape and one of sexual assault, in August 2021.

The first allegations had emerged in 2020, during lockdown, but Mendy remained available for selection and played in the opening game of the following season, 11 days before his arrest.

City then suspended the defender, with his pay docked the following month.

But after Mendy was cleared following a lengthy trial in January 2023, he sued the club at an employment tribunal – claiming he had been wrongly denied wages when he was available for selection after his release from custody.

Despite being subject to strict police reporting conditions, which meant he would have to attend a local station during training sessions and was unavailable to play any night or overseas games, Mendy was eventually awarded £8.5m in withheld wages.

The current player’s club is likely to be mindful of both these examples when determining its next steps.

At the same time, the decision to keep playing him has brought criticism of the club, Premier League and FA from the alleged victims and their supporters.

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